Overall Green alert Flood
in Ethiopia

Event summary

This flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1000202
Death: 23
Displaced: -
Countries: Ethiopia
From - To 27 May - 29 May

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 10 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Ethiopia: WFP Ethiopia Drought Emergency Situation Report #12, April 2 ... Fri, 18 May 2018 10:52:00 +0200.

In Numbers. 2.1 million people in the Somali Region are being supported by WFP’s emergency relief assistance. 851,000 children under five and pregnant and nursing women nationwide are receiving specialized nutritious food to treat moderate
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UNHCR struggles to meet funds for refugees in EthiopiaFri, 18 May 2018 09:39:00 +0200.

ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia (Xinhua) -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Wednesday its only received 15 percent of the 335.8 million U.S. dollars it needs to meet the needs of refugees in Ethiopia. In a press state
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Insurance and climate changeTue, 15 May 2018 13:03:00 +0200.

Updated: Tue, 15 May 2018 Providers have not invested enough in determining "what farmers want", one expert said. By Alex Whiting | Thu, 3 May 2018; As climate change brings worsening threats, insurance may be a way to insure against ocea
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Somalia: East Africa Alert May 11, 2018Sat, 12 May 2018 12:14:00 +0200.

Heavy rainfall and further flooding expected across East Africa through the end of May. Heavy rainfall has persisted across much of East Africa since March, with rainfall totaling more than 200 percent of average in many areas (Figure 1). T
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), NASA (7), INFORM (1), (1),